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Analysis: Moscow and Riyadh grow closer Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2008 
U.S. consumers, battered by a year of record-high fuel prices, at least can take solace in the fact that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, is firmly in the American camp.
Or maybe not. On July 14, during a meeting in Moscow little reported in the foreign press, Interfax reported that Saudi Arabian Secretary-General Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz and Russia's VTS ... read more
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BIPV Market Will Reach Four Billion Dollars By 2013
Glen Allen VA (SPX) Jul 25, 2008A new report from NanoMarkets predicts that the market for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will reach more than $4.0 billion in revenues ($US) by 2013 and surpassing $8 billion in 2015. The report, "Building Integrated Photovoltaics Markets: 2008" is the next in a series from NanoMarkets examining the emerging solar energy market. ... more Analysis: Nigerian gov't pays off gunmen 
The state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. admitted to paying armed militant groups $12 million in protection money. The militants, according to NNPC head Abubakar Yar'Adua, originally had asked for $100 million in protection money, though energy officials were able to talk the armed group into accepting a payment of $6 million per month. Yar'Adua, who admitted paying the ... more ZBB Energy Will Provide Energy Storage For Solar Power Project 
Milwaukee WI (SPX) Jul 25, 2008ZBB Energy has announced that it has executed a memorandum of understanding with Envision Solar International to provide energy storage systems as part of the "LifeVillage" solar project in Cote d'Ivoire on the west coast of Africa. LifeVillage will incorporate ZBB's energy storage system along with roof mounted photovoltaic panels designed to provide a reliable source of electric power to ... more Thorium Power Adds Nuclear Technology Experts 
Mclean VA (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Thorium Power has announced the appointment of two nuclear industry stalwarts. Robert Ihde will serve as Thorium Power's Senior Vice President for Nuclear Technology while Dr. Claudio Filippone will serve in the capacity of Senior Director of Nuclear Technology Analysis. Mr. Ihde brings a wealth of experience to Thorium Power from his years in leadership positions with Areva and Babcock ... more Fuel For Thought On Transport Sector Challenges 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 25, 2008The report: Fuel for thought - The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities addresses two serious issues - the need to dramatically reduce the transport sector's greenhouse gas emissions and, how to deal with the economic risks associated with increasingly costly and scarce oil supplies. The report is the result of a year's deliberations by the Future Fuels Forum (FFF) which ... more |
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Pompano Beach, FL (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Cyclone Power Technologies announced that it has successfully completed combustion tests of coal powder through the fuel injector of the company's award-winning Cyclone Engine. These tests of coal powder present significant proof of the Cyclone Engine's versatility in utilizing diverse fuel sources without modification of the engine's primary components and system design. In this specific ... more Vietnam signals it wants ExxonMobil deal despite China warning 
Hanoi (AFP) July 24, 2008Vietnam on Thursday signalled it wants to continue with a joint oil exploration project with ExxonMobil in disputed waters, despite a warning from China to the US energy giant to drop the deal. Vietnam -- without mentioning the specific contract, a preliminary co-operation pact with state-run PetroVietnam -- reasserted its claim over parts of the South China Sea that are the subject of a ... more Outside View: Russian-Venezuelan oil pacts 
Moscow (UPI) Jul 24, 2008 Many analysts expected Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who visited Moscow on July 22, to sign new agreements in military-technical cooperation, but this did not happen. Instead, a number of Russian oil giants signed promising contracts with Venezuela. They would replace their American counterparts, previously ousted by Hugo Chavez. Although the flamboyant Venezuelan president ... more Nextfuels Calls For Prohibition Of Non Sustainable Palm Oil In USA 
San Francisco, CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2008NextFuels, a bio-diesel company headquartered in New Hampshire and San Francisco, is calling for the elimination of non-sustainable bio-fuels from the U.S. alternative fuels market, according to letters sent to members of the United States Senate. This week, the letters were sent to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the six most relevant Congressional Committees "We believe that the time ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Jul 25, 2008Clear Skies Solar has announced the successful installation of the Hawthorne Machinery solar energy system at the company's 25-acre headquarters in Rancho Bernardo, CA. For this $1,276,684 project, Clear Skies Solar installed a 155.39 kw DC solar photovoltaic (PV) system designed to offset current energy usage charges incurred by Hawthorne's headquarters. Following the initial engineering ... more Britain trying to water down EU green energy plans: report 
London (AFP) July 24, 2008British negotiators are trying to water down European Union plans to give priority access to green energy sources on national energy grids, The Guardian newspaper reported Thursday. Citing documents it had obtained, the daily said Britain had proposed amendments to an EU directive, from its original draft which says that the bloc's member states "shall" give priority to renewable energy, to ... more Action Needed Now For Minnesota To Reach 2015 Emissions Goals 
Twin Cities MN (SPX) Jul 25, 2008The state of Minnesota must act now if it wants to reach its Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2015, according to a team of University of Minnesota transportation and public policy researchers. The research team, which will release the new study Tuesday, July 22, modeled emissions for Minnesota and found that it is possible to ... more Australia looks positively at US-Indian nuclear deal 
Perth, Australia (AFP) July 24, 2008Australia is looking positively at a US-Indian civilian nuclear energy deal despite its policy of refusing to export uranium to India, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday. Smith told reporters travelling with him to Perth from Singapore that Australia would now have to make a decision on whether to support it, possibly by mid-August, now that the deal has survived in the Indian ... more
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